Siobhán Hapaska at Lokremise
Soloshow presented by Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, February 8 until November 1, 2020
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Exhibition View Siobhán Hapaska Soloshow at Lokremise, St. Gallen, 2020, presented by Kunstmuseum St. Gallen / Photo: Stefan Rohner / Courtesy: the artist and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Exhibition View Siobhán Hapaska Soloshow (view on Bird, 2016) at Lokremise, St. Gallen, 2020, presented by Kunstmuseum St. Gallen / Photo: Stefan Rohner / Courtesy: the artist and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Exhibition View Siobhán Hapaska Soloshow (view on Winter Sun at 19:48 hrs, 2017) at Lokremise, St. Gallen, 2020, presented by Kunstmuseum St. Gallen / Photo: Stefan Rohner / Courtesy: the artist and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Exhibition View Siobhán Hapaska Soloshow at Lokremise, St. Gallen, 2020, presented by Kunstmuseum St. Gallen / Photo: Stefan Rohner / Courtesy: the artist and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Exhibition View Siobhán Hapaska Soloshow at Lokremise, St. Gallen, 2020, presented by Kunstmuseum St. Gallen / Photo: Stefan Rohner / Courtesy: the artist and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Exhibition View Siobhán Hapaska Soloshow at Lokremise, St. Gallen, 2020, presented by Kunstmuseum St. Gallen / Photo: Stefan Rohner / Courtesy: the artist and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Exhibition View Siobhán Hapaska Soloshow (view on Four Angels, 2012) at Lokremise, 2020, St. Gallen, presented by Kunstmuseum St. Gallen / Photo: Stefan Rohner / Courtesy: the artist and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Exhibition View Siobhán Hapaska Soloshow at Lokremise, St. Gallen, 2020, presented by Kunstmuseum St. Gallen / Photo: Stefan Rohner / Courtesy: the artist and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Exhibition View Siobhán Hapaska Soloshow (view on Earthed, 2018) at Lokremise, St. Gallen, 2020, presented by Kunstmuseum St. Gallen / Photo: Stefan Rohner / Courtesy: the artist and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Exhibition View Siobhán Hapaska Soloshow at Lokremise, St. Gallen, 2020, presented by Kunstmuseum St. Gallen / Photo: Stefan Rohner / Courtesy: the artist and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Exhibition View Siobhán Hapaska Soloshow at Lokremise, St. Gallen, 2020, presented by Kunstmuseum St. Gallen / Photo: Stefan Rohner / Courtesy: the artist and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Exhibition View Siobhán Hapaska Soloshow at Lokremise, St. Gallen, 2020, presented by Kunstmuseum St. Gallen / Photo: Stefan Rohner / Courtesy: the artist and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Exhibition View Siobhán Hapaska Soloshow (view on Olive trees (Detail), 2020) at Lokremise, St. Gallen, 2020, presented by Kunstmuseum St. Gallen / Photo: Stefan Rohner / Courtesy: the artist and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Exhibition View Siobhán Hapaska Soloshow (view on Olive trees (Detail), 2020) at Lokremise, St. Gallen, 2020, presented by Kunstmuseum St. Gallen / Photo: Stefan Rohner / Courtesy: the artist and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Exhibition View Siobhán Hapaska Soloshow at Lokremise, St. Gallen, 2020, presented by Kunstmuseum St. Gallen / Photo: Stefan Rohner / Courtesy: the artist and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Exhibition View Siobhán Hapaska Soloshow at Lokremise, St. Gallen, 2020, presented by Kunstmuseum St. Gallen / Photo: Stefan Rohner / Courtesy: the artist and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Siobhàn Hapaska (*1963 Belfast) deals with the various meanings of an object and continually views it from new perspectives. Accepting all the difficulties of our current global condition and its often-violent opposing forces and conflicting ideologies, her work strives to find a position of balance and a sense of equilibrium. Hapaska goes about this with a dazzling array of materials, including olive trees, fiberglass, aluminium, selenite and concrete cloth, a newly developed material used for the creation of emergency shelters. These materials, each bearing its own history and inviting diverse interpretations, are brought into complex relationships in which they reveal their potential power. Often enigmatic in form, each work or installation betrays a sober exploration of emotion that is undercut with a sense of humour and always devoid of cynicism or pessimism.
Exhibition History
Siobhán Hapaska has realized acclaimed solo exhibitions at John Hansard Gallery in Southampton (2019), the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam (2015), and Magasin 3 in Stockholm (2013). In 2001 she was featured in the Irish Pavilion at the 49th Venice Biennale, and in 1997 she was represented at documenta X. The exhibition planned for the art area of the Lokremise is the artist’s first solo show at a Swiss institution. It is being developed in cooperation with Douglas Hyde Gallery in Dublin.
Exhibition View Siobhán Hapaska Soloshow at Lokremise, St. Gallen, 2020, presented by Kunstmuseum St. Gallen / Photo: Stefan Rohner / Courtesy: the artist and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
